- Subject
- Electronic instruments
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Elliott Brothers
- Provenance
- Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003.
- Primary inscriptions
- 'No155546 / VOLT-AMMETER'
- Object type
- Electronic instrument
- Dimensions
- Height: 63mm Width: 116mm Depth: 184mm
- Inventory No
- 12827
- Accession Number
- 2003-11
Description
An ammeter is used to measure the current in a circuit. This has 4 metal terminals reading 3, 15, 30 and +; it has 3 plastic terminals reading 3, 15, 30. There is a knop labelled 'Press for Volts' The dial is glass face and reads 0-15 in increments of 5.
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